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1 Chronicles 7 · Grade 5

Sorrow, Strength, and Hope

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This chapter gathers the northern tribes into a compact record. Issachar, Benjamin, and Asher are counted by their mighty men of valor, listed by genealogy for service in war. Naphtali receives only one verse, and Dan is not named at all, yet each listed family was remembered.

Ephraim's record includes a moment of grief. The men of Gath killed Zabad's relatives Ezer and Elead when they came down to take away livestock. Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him. When another son was born, he was named Beriah, because there was trouble with his house.

From the same family came Sheerah, a woman who built Beth Horon the lower and the upper, and Uzzen Sheerah. The line then runs through ten generations to Nun his son, and Joshua his son. The family that had known trouble produced the leader God used to bring Israel into the promised land.

Show What You Know

  1. How are Issachar, Benjamin, and Asher counted?

  2. Which tribe receives only one verse?

  3. Why were Ezer and Elead killed?

  4. What did Sheerah build?

  5. Who came from the family that had known trouble?

Crossword

52431

Across

  1. ____ men of valor in their generations
  2. Their possessions and settlements were Bethel and its ____
  3. Choice and mighty men of ____

Down

  1. Listed in all by ____
  2. Heads of their fathers’ ____

Think About It

  1. The Bible records grief as well as victory in these family lists. How does it help you that God sees your sorrow?

  2. Sheerah is remembered as a builder. How can you use the gifts God has given you to build up others?

Memory Verse

“Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.”

1 Chronicles 7:22 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for every family. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you be a comfort to someone this week?
  • What work could you do this week to serve God?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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